Box and closure thereof.



} "unrrnn STATES PAENT entree.

PHILIPP MET'i'n/IAN N OF PHILADELPHIA, PEN N SYLVAN I A BOX A1\ !DCLOSURE TEREOF.

Specification of Lett ersTatent.

Iatented Nov. 5, 1907.

Application filed December 21,1906. Serial No. F 8,316.

To all whom it may concern; Be it known that PrnLIPP METTMANN, theUnited States, residing at a citizen of invented new and usefulImprovements in Boxes and Closures Thereof, of which the following is aspecifica-- tion.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in boxes andrelates more particularly to closures therefor.

It is an object of the invention to provide ag'novel dcvice of thischaracter wherein the cover of a bbx is securely held in position andyetin such manner as to be readily removedv It is also an object of theinvention to provide a novel device of this kind wherein the coverretaining means may be employed time and again without replacing themeans.

- nominal to manufacture.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in thenovel arrangement and construction ,of parts and in the details-ofconstruction to be herein:

after described.

In describing this invention in detail reference will be had to theaccompanying drawing wherein like characters of reference denotecorresponding parts in the several views and inwh ich i Figure 1. is aperspective view of ja box illustrating the invention applied thereto,and Fig. 2. is a similar View, the cover being shown detached.

Philadelphia, in the' county of Philadelphia and State ofv Pennsylvania,has

' which are provided with the hooks 7,

when in applled position on the In the drawing, 1 denotes a box orotherreceptacle and 2 a cover therefor which when in applied position,rests upon the-guide or supporting sirip 9. Tl (our may be hinged3370110 eoge of the box or be entirely free thereof as: the requirementsof practice may dictate.

Hinged along a longitudinal edge ol'the box is a strip 4, provided witha hasp 8 adapted to engage and be secured to a staple or the like on thecover. To the end edges of the box are hinged the strips 5, and 5, forengaging the cover when in applied positionv In order to give a finishto the locked or closed be a strip 3. is secured along an edge of thecover .2 oppositra the edge of the box having the strip 4.

1 When the cover has been placed upon the guides 9, the strips 4, 5,'and 6, are swung over upon the cover and secured thereto by the beep 8,and heels Y, as will, it is thought be readily appreciated. I The hooks7 are made operative by forcing the same by a suitable blow within thecover. This arrangement provides a means for securely holding the coverin place without the necessity of mutilating the box or receptacle bynails,

- and desire to secure by Lettcrs Patent isz- In comblnatlon, areceptacle having one face open, guides arranged adjacent the free edgesof the receptacle, a closure engaging the guldes, strlps hinged tothefree edges of the receptacle and adopted to rest upon the coverguides, and fasteningmeans earried'by the strips to engage the cover tohold the strips in engagement wlth the cover.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature. in

presence of two subscribing witnesses.

